Serial BNP Testing for Heart Failure Management (USE-BNP)

Siemens

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Heart Failure

Treatments: Device: BNP assay (Siemens ADVIA Centaur BNP); Other: hidden BNP value

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT00622531

CTB-Centaur200603

Details and patient eligibility

About

The scope of the USE-BNP Trial is to investigate whether knowledge of BNP measurements, in conjunction with clinical assessment, in the outpatient setting can guide the management of therapy in patients with heart failure.

Enrollment: 108 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Eligible subjects must be diagnosed with heart failure and have an abnormal BNP reading.

Trial design

108 participants in 2 patient groups

BNP Open

Description:

Subjects treated based on clinical assessment and knowledge of BNP values

Treatment:

Device: BNP assay (Siemens ADVIA Centaur BNP)

Control

Description:

Subjects treated based on clinical assessment alone

Treatment:

Other: hidden BNP value